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The Principia

Isaac Newton

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Isaac Newton's foundational 1687 work establishing the laws of motion and universal gravitation. Recommended by Sam Altman.

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  • Sam Altman

    The page cites a Hacker News post where Altman recommended startup-founder reading.

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  • Stephen Hawking

    Selected and championed by Hawking in his edited anthology 'On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy' (2002), with his own critical essay and biography of Newton.

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